Can you see Earth's new 'minimoon' with the naked eye?

50 Viking Age burials discovered in Denmark, including a woman in a rare 'Viking wagon' | Mount Everest is taller than it should be — and a weird river may be to blame | Are there any planets in the universe that aren't round? Created for {EMAIL} | [Web Version]( October 1, 2024 CONNECT WITH LIVESCIENCE  [Facebook]( [X](  [LIVESCIENCE]( Amazing science every day [SIGN UP]( ⋅ [WEBSITE](   Top Science News [] [Can you see Earth's new 'minimoon' with the naked eye?]( (Getty Images) [Can you see Earth's new 'minimoon' with the naked eye?]( On Sunday, Sept. 29, Earth captured a new "minimoon" called 2024 PT5. The bus-size asteroid is expected to orbit our planet for 57 days, but is too small to be visible to amateur skywatchers. [Read More]( [] History & Archaeology [] [50 Viking Age burials discovered in Denmark, including a woman in a rare 'Viking wagon']( (Museum Odense) [50 Viking Age burials discovered in Denmark, including a woman in a rare 'Viking wagon']( Finding a Viking Age burial ground of this size is rare, in part because Scandinavian soil doesn't preserve skeletons well. [Read More]( [] Planet Earth [] [Mount Everest is taller than it should be and a weird river may be to blame]( (Museum Odense) [Mount Everest is taller than it should be — and a weird river may be to blame]( Mount Everest may be "taller than it should be" because of a river "capture" event 89,000 years ago. [Read More]( [] Life's Little Mysteries [] [Are there any planets in the universe that aren't round?]( (ESA; CC BY-SA 3.0) [Are there any planets in the universe that aren't round?]( Earth is round, but are there any planets in the universe that aren't? [Read More]( [] Technology [] [History of quantum computing: 12 key moments that shaped the future of computers]( (Getty Images/Bartlomiej Wroblewski) [History of quantum computing: 12 key moments that shaped the future of computers]( Although quantum computing is a nascent field, there are plenty of key moments that defined it over the last few decades as scientists strive to create machines that can solve impossible problems. [Read More]( [] Poll Question [] A 5,000-year-old farming society in Morocco was as big as which ancient city? (Learn the answer [here](.) [Vote]( [Troy]( [Vote]( [Babylon]( [Vote]( [Machu Picchu]( [Vote]( [Pompeii](   [Sign Up]( | [Update Profile]( | [Unsubscribe]( [Privacy Policy]( | [Cookies Policy]( | [Terms and Conditions]( CONTACT US: [FEEDBACK](mailto:livescience@smartbrief.com) | [ADVERTISE]( [Future]( Future US LLC © Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10036